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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS St. Louis, MO

May 14, 2003Audrain County, Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri

NWS St. Louis, MO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2003, 8:06 PM CDT for Audrain County, Boone County, Callaway County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2003, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2003, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS St. Louis, MO
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 281 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2153 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2003-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

562 
WUUS53 KLSX 150106
SVRLSX
MOC007-019-027-150145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
805 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN AUDRAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  BOONE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI
  NORTHWESTERN CALLAWAY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 805 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRALIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
  A SECOND STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRISBURG...AND IT WAS ALSO 
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MURRY
  AUXVASSE
  COLUMBIA
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME
OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO
AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

LAT...LON 3934 9217 3901 9258 3869 9229 3906 9173

$$

TRUETT

The office that day

Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMarion, Pike, Ralls36 min
May 14, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron, Reynolds56 min
May 14, 8:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXBoone, Callaway44 min
May 14, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXMadison57 min
May 14, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXIron44 min
May 14, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve23 min
May 14, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXReynolds23 min
May 14, 10:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLSXSainte Genevieve33 min
May 14, 11:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLSXIron, Madison5 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Missouri, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.